Balanced Mind with Julie Potiker

Your focus during this compassion meditation will be the healing light of an orb. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with the poem, 'We Are Of A Tribe,' by Alberto Rios. We Are Of A Tribe, by Alberto Rios We plant seeds in the groundAnd dreams in the sky, Hoping that, someday, the roots of oneWill meet the upstretched limbs of the other. It has not happened yet. We share the sky, all of us, th...

Use this meditation practice to send compassion, safety, protection, and peace to those around the world who are in harms way. Julie Potiker completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, 'For Peace', by John O'Donohue. For Peace, by John O’Donohue, Irish poet and philospher. As the fever of day calms towards twilightMay all that is strained in us come to ease. We pray for all who suffered v...

Julie Potker leads this timely compassion meditation, sending peace, hope, and protection to the people of Ukraine. She completes the meditation with a reading of her poem, "Don't Ask Me". Don’t Ask Me, by Julie Potiker Don’t ask me how I am As sorrow flows through me Don’t ask me If your ears must close to the truth Don’t ask me If your heart must harden to the pain Don’t ask me If your hands han...

Feel the calm wash over you through this guided compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Recipe for Joy", by Mort Cohn. Recipe for Joy, by Mort Cohn   -for Jonah   Begin by waking up next, move to the beat of your heart then stir lightly outside sniff the air look up at the sky at a clous passing by Magritte baguette a mushroom omelet op...

Let the waves of compassion wash over you through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Space". Space, by Julie PotikerDust rings Gaps Torquegravitational pull2 trillion galaxies 200 billion trillion stars Red, white and blue Smaller to biggerCooler to hotter Farther to closer Black holes collidingMaking a sound And me Orbiting others Attracting ...

Sit back, close your eyes and breathe in compassion for yourself and others through this guided meditation. At the end of this loving kindness meditation, Julie Potiker shares her poem, "Where I'm From". Where I’m From Poem, by Julie Potiker I am from The Random House Dictionary, on its’ own built-in desk in the library, near the gold colored Flokati Rug – a rug that could tell tales.  From Fig Ne...

In this guided meditation, led by Julie Potiker, you'll be embraced by a golden healing light filling you with warmth, love and energy. Potiker completes the meditation with a poem from the book, “Passages”, by Mort Cohn. Get the latest on mindfulness and meditation by subscribing to Julie Potiker's YouTube channel and Facebook page at Mindful Methods for Life. You can learn about mindfulness at w...

Unplug and relax with Julie Potiker as she takes you on a magical journey where you will find peace, connection, compassion and balance. She completes this guided meditation with her poem, "Tech and Me". Tech and Me by Julie Potiker Intuitively I slow my breathingFeel my bottom in the chairUnplug cords in the many cord stripUnplug cords in my chest, arms and handsPlug little blocks back inShut dow...

Julie Potiker leads this compassion meditation focusing on relaxing your body. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "I Worried", by Mary Oliver. "I worried", by Mary Oliver I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the riversflow in the right direction, will the earth turnas it was taught, and if not how shallI correct it? Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,can I do...

In this compassion meditation Julie Potiker guides you to a place of calm and peace. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Birthday Blessing", by Janice Steinberg. Birthday Blessing by Janice SteinbergWhatever makes you weepmay it open your eyesto beautyWhere your heart has hardenedmay it crack open and letthe light flood inWhatever worry squirrel-cages in your mindmay it animate your creat...

Relax, unwind and envision yourself in the New Year through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her poem, "Clear a Path". Clear a Path by Julie Potiker   Clear a path Settle Allow your thoughts to drift down Gently sweep them aside with a soft broom, the kind that looks hand made from natural grasses Some of the little notes now in piles on the perimeter...

Allow your body to feel content and peace through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with her own poem, "Unbuckle". Unbuckle by Julie Potiker  This morning as I lay in bed I heard from my left hip flexor, it had a high pitched tone, too tightly strungThen my right ankle joined the songThen my left toeI rolled onto my belly and imagined unbuckling my hips Unbu...

Relax into this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. You'll be breathing in compassion for yourself and others. She completes the meditation with the poem, "Resolute", from the book, "Call Us What We Carry", by Amanda S.C. Gorman. Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. She is an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University. Her work focuses on issues of...

Journey to a safe, secure, and peaceful place through this guided meditation, led by Julie Potiker. You'll use all your senses in this visualization. Potiker completes the meditation with a reading from the book, "Call Us What We Carry", by Amanda S.C. Gorman. Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history. She is an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University. Her wor...

Gratitude is the focus of this Thanksgiving meditation led by Julie Potiker. Who are you grateful for in your life? Who influenced you along the way? She completes the meditation with the poem, "Eagle Poem", by Joy Harjo. Harjo, an American poet, is the incumbent United States Poet Laureate. She's the first Native American to hold the honor.   Eagle Poem, Joy Harjo To pray you open your whole self...

Relax as you breath into this resting compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes this guided meditation with a reading of the poem "Simply Resting", by Zach Beach. Get the latest on mindfulness and meditation by subscribing to Julie Potiker's YouTube channel and Facebook page at Mindful Methods for Life. You can learn about mindfulness at www. MindfulMethodsForLife.com and also in J...

Tune out and relax into this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Swan", by Mary Oliver. Mary Oliver - Swan: Poems and Prose PoemsOrdinarily, I go to the woods alone, with not a single friend, for they are all smilers and talkers and therefore unsuitable. I don’t really want to be witnessed talking to the catbirds or hugging the old...

Bring kindness and peace to yourself and others through this loving-kindness meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Come to Dust", by Ursula K. Le Guin Come to Dust – by Ursula K. Le GuinSpirit, rehearse the journeys of the bodythat are to come, the motionsof the matter that held you. Rise up in the smoke of palo santo. Fall to the earth in the f...

Slip into Fall with this Cozy Peaceful Meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes this guided meditation with the poem "The Sun," by Mary Oliver. The Sun, by Mary Oliver. Have you ever seen anything in your life more wonderful than the way the sun, every evening, relaxed and easy, floats toward the horizon and into the clouds or the hills, or the rumpled sea, and is gone--and how it...

Sit back and relax into autumn in this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the poem with a reading of, "Poem Beginning with a Line from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown", by Maggie Smith. "Poem Beginning with a Line from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," by Maggie Smith Just look—nothing but sincerity  as far as the eye can see— the way the changed leaves, flappin...

Julie Potiker leads a forgiveness meditation for Yom Kippur, incorporating the Hawaiian Ho'oponopono Affirmation Meditation. Get the latest on mindfulness and meditation by subscribing to Julie Potiker's YouTube channel and Facebook page at Mindful Methods for Life. You can learn about mindfulness at www. MindfulMethodsForLife.com and also in Julie's newly released book, "Life Falls Apart, But You...

Feel strength, compassion and grounding through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "I Carry Your Heart", by E.E. Cummings. I Carry Your Heart, by E.E. Cummings i carry your heart with me (i carry it in my heart) i am never without it (anywhere i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear n...

Find your safe place through this compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "Untitled", by Willow Harth "Untitled", by Willow Harth This poem is not meant for you unless you too have been underground choking on your life's debris, and playing peek-a-boo with death seriously then the surprise of ten thousand buttercups out of nowhere on eve...

Settle in and find your calm through this guided meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation by reading a self-composed poem, "Morning Mind".   Morning Mind Flow, by Julie Potiker The first thing  I notice is the sound. A wall of high fidelity sound. I fold myself into the pale turquoise cushion on the chair and let it in: There’s twilling, tweeting, and something that sounds lik...

Take the time to find compassion for yourself and others in this relaxing compassion meditation led by Julie Potiker. She completes the meditation with a reading of the poem, "A Collection of Atoms", by Daniel Baylis.   A Collection of Atoms , by Daniel Baylis Working together In temporary harmony Before being dispersed Back into the universe Your earthly task Is to help those atoms radiate Imagin...